New Delhi, Oct. 12 -- Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Monday demanded that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls be fully scrapped, saying the INDIA bloc's protest against alleged electoral irregularities represented the voice of the entire country.

Shivakumar said the protest represented the concerns of people across the country and demanded that the SIR exercise be scrapped. He also called for the restoration of ballot papers.

"It is not only the INDIA bloc; it is the voice of this country. All want this SIR to be scrapped, all voters to be. Those who have won the election after this, sir, should be scrapped and the ballot should be restored," he said.

He alleged that Form 7 had been used to submit applica...